Mayar Sherif and Julia Riera will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Center Court . In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mayar Sherif who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mayar Sherif is the pick to win this match.
Mayar Sherif -> 1.198
Julia Riera -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Mayar Sherif vs. Julia Riera
There is no head to head record between Mayar Sherif and Julia Riera since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mayar Sherif
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-20 | 0-6 | 26-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-25 | 4-12 | 24-10 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 1-12 | 26-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 10-11 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-10 | 2-5 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55, Mayar reached the 2nd round after beating Kateryna Baindl 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Egyptian had a good straight sets win against Kozlova (6-1 6-3). During the match, Sherif scored 67 points vs Kozlova’s 48. The Egyptian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sherif blasted 3 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Mayar Sherif conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Sherif put 70% of her first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Sherif broke Kozlova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Sherif has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 67% of her matches (187-91). 8-4 on clay in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sherif has an overall129-37 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Mayar’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W100 Oeiras.
Mayar has an aggregate 12-12 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rabat
Julia Riera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-21 | 8-10 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 4-5 | 49-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 8-5 | 42-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-17 | 21-8 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 195, Julia got to the 2nd round after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-3 6-0). During the match Riera scored 58 points vs Mladenovic’s 34. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Riera wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Julia Riera lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Riera put 54% of her first serves in, winning 77% (17/22) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Riera broke Mladenovic 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W25 Guayaquil where she beat Francesca Jones in the final 6-2 7-5 and the W25 Guayaquil where she defeated Solana Sierra in the final 6-4 4-6 6-4.
The Argentine has a compiled 32-9 win-loss record in 2023, 32-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rabat
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sherif | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 |
| Pts | 67-48 | 58-34 |
| Total Points | 115 | 92 |
| Winners | 26 | 17 |
| %Winners | 39% | 29% |
Both Sherif and Riera played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sherif and Riera have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sherif played 1 game more than Riera. Mayar scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Riera made 17 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sherif | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 22/41 |
| %1st in | 70% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 17/22 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 8/19 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 42% |
Sherif recorded 3 aces . Riera didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sherif won 81% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Riera won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sherif | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 40% | 58% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Mayar broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Egyptian extremely effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Riera broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Julia conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sherif | |||
| R1 Kozlova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 67-48 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Riera | |||
| R1 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 58-34 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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